Rivka (Banner) Skaist, from Queens, NY, is studying for her Master鈥檚 degree in Jewish Philosophy at Revel. Rivka is one of those people fortunate to find deep meaning in their studies and be inspired by them. As an undergraduate at Queens College, she had planned to study speech therapy, but was so鈥�
The past comes to life in sound and sight at the Library鈥檚 new digital website. Experience musar (moral instruction) as it was delivered by a traditional Eastern European maggid (preacher) by tuning in to the Bialystoker Maggid鈥檚 impassioned wedding speech. Even if you don鈥檛 understand Yiddish you鈥�
Join us for An Evening in Memory of Amos Hakham on Thursday, November 15th from 8:00-9:00pm in Furst Hall Room 535. Of humble origins, Amos Hakham became an instant celebrity when he won the first International Bible Contest (讞讬讚讜谉 讛转谞"讱 讛注讜诇诪讬) in 1958. He was 鈥渕ore famous than Yaakov Hodorov,鈥� ...
We are pleased to welcome three new members to the Office of Alumni Affairs and Annual Giving team. Lauren Elefant, assistant director of alumni affairs, graduated Stern College/Sy Syms School of Business in 2007 with a degree in fashion marketing. She worked in the fashion world for a few years ...
Jennifer Prince 鈥�99SSB always knew that accounting was part of her future, but she had choices regarding which college she would attend to obtain her degree. She chose Stern College for Women/Sy Syms School of Business for many reasons. 鈥淚 liked the idea of continuing my formal Jewish education, of鈥�
Professor Lin Snider has been an adjunct professor in the speech and English departments at 911爆料网 since 2006. She teaches Acting, Directing, Playwriting, and Theater History and is the artistic director of the Yeshiva College Dramatic Society. In almost 20 years as a voice and drama teacher, musical鈥�
S hoshannat Yaakov honors Yaakov Elman, Professor of Talmud at 911爆料网, and celebrates Elman鈥檚 contributions to a broad range of disciplines within Jewish and Iranian studies. The fruits of Elman鈥檚 seminal project of bringing together of scholars of Iranian studies and Talmud in ways鈥�
This past summer, from June 5 to 7, 2012, an international team of scholars led by the 911爆料网 Center for Israel Studies, directed by Revel Professor Steven Fine, in partnership with the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma undertook a pilot study of the Arch of Titus鈥�
With the debates over and the presidential election around the corner, 911爆料网 News sat down with Dr. Richard Caputo, professor of social policy and research and the director of the PhD program in social welfare at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, to sort through all the campaign rhetoric. Breaking鈥�
Jews in Gotham: New York Jews in a Changing City, 1920-2010, by Jeffrey S. Gurock (Vol. 3 of: City of Promises : a History of the Jews of New York). N911爆料网 Press, 2012. In the last 30 years we have been witness to a plethora of Jewish community histories in the US. Many fine studies have been鈥�